Data preparation - Positive Definiteness

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What is positive definiteness?

What is non positive definiteness?

 

What are the characteristics of a positive definiteness data matrix?

1. The matrix is non-singulare
2. All eigenvalues are positive
3. The determinant should be greater than zero
4. None of the correlations or covariances are out of bound
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What is an out of bounds matrix element?

It is an element that is mathematically impossible to derive if all entries were calculate using data from the same case.

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